From: Blunderov (squooker@mweb.co.za)
Date: Wed Mar 10 2004 - 14:34:01 MST
[Blunderov]Chavez seems to be right about one thing at least.
Best regards
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Chavez Calls Bush 'Asshole' as Foes Fight Troops
Sun Feb 29, 2004 08:39 PM ET
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called
President Bush an "asshole" on Sunday for meddling, and vowed never to
quit office like his Haitian counterpart as troops battled with
opposition protesters demanding a recall referendum against him.
Chavez, who often says the U.S. is backing opposition efforts to topple
his leftist government, accused Bush of heeding advice from
"imperialist" aides to support a brief 2002 coup against him. "He was an
asshole to believe them," Chavez roared at a huge rally of supporters in
Caracas.
The Venezuelan leader's comments came as fresh violence broke out on the
streets of the capital, where National Guard troops clashed with
opposition protesters pressing for a vote to end his five-year rule.
Military helicopters roared in low runs overhead as soldiers fired tear
gas and plastic bullets to repel several hundred opposition
demonstrators who threw stones and set up burning barricades in eastern
Caracas late into the night.
Troops and opposition activists also skirmished in other cities. "We
call on the country to continue with peaceful resistance," opposition
leader Enrique Mendoza said. "This fight will last as long as
necessary." A soldier and a cameraman were shot and injured during the
clashes and an opposition protester was wounded in the head by gunmen
firing from motorbikes, witnesses and officials said.
Electoral authorities, citing the need to preserve peace in the country,
said they were postponing until Monday the preliminary results of their
verification of the opposition's petition for a recall vote. One
demonstrator carried a banner reading: "Bye bye Aristide, Chavez
you're next," referring to Haiti's leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who
fled into exile on Sunday in the face of an armed rebellion.
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